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Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
Balaam c.1683-4
Red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper | 42.0 x 26.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904124
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
Balaam c.1683-4
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A drawing of a nude seated man, with a separate study of his raised right arm below. This is a study for the figure of Balaam pointing to the Star of David, for the mosaic in a spandrel of the Cappella della Presentazione, the second chapel in the left aisle of St Peter’s, Rome. See also RCIN 904125.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 107: '...three study's also for one of the four Evangelists. Painted in the Angles of a Cupola at St. Peters')
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Medium and techniques
Red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper
Measurements
42.0 x 26.9 cm (sheet of paper)
